The UCLA football program has gained a second Iamaleava at quarterback. Madden Iamaleava, the younger brother of Nico Iamaleava, officially transferred to UCLA on Monday afternoon. Madden, a 6-foot-3, 191-pound early enrollee, was recruited by the Bruins as a four-star recruit out of Long Beach Poly High but flipped his commitment to Arkansas on signing…
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By TRÂN NGUYỄN, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Two lawsuits filed in Los Angeles allege major home insurance companies have colluded to limit coverage in California communities at high risk for wildfires and force homeowners onto the state’s last-resort insurance plan that offers basic coverage and high premiums. Insurers, including State Farm and 24…
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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed likely to uphold a key preventive-care provision of the Affordable Care Act in a case heard Monday. Conservative justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, along with the court’s three liberals, appeared skeptical of arguments that Obamacare’s process for deciding which services must…
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By LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin testified Monday at a defamation trial that an editorial about gun control in The New York Times in 2017 was devastating and “kicked the oomph” out of her. The former Republican candidate for vice president answered questions in Manhattan federal court…
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This week’s Orange County high school baseball rankings, as of Monday, April 21. Notable this week: Huntington Beach returned to Sunset League action and swept Orange County’s then-No. 4 team Los Alamitos in three league games. … Orange Lutheran swept Santa Margarita in three Trinity League games, so those two teams swap positions in this…
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By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS and DAMIAN J. TROISE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Global financial markets have been turned upside down this year by President Donald Trump’s burgeoning trade war. Markets are not in full panic, but the double-digit declines in major U.S. stock indexes are testing nerves. U.S. markets had been on a two-year…
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In recent times, America has had an interesting track record when it comes to human rights. On the one hand it seems that the United States has claimed the mantle of responsibility for taking world governments to task about respecting the rights of their people and the human dignity of the populations that they invade.…
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By EDDIE PELLS, Associated Press The NCAA passed rules Monday that would upend decades of precedent by allowing colleges to pay their athletes per terms of a multibillion-dollar lawsuit settlement expected to go into effect this summer. Related Articles OC baseball Top 25: Orange Lutheran, Cypress move up in the Top 10 Long road back…
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By DEE-ANN DURBIN The U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against Uber on Monday, alleging that it enrolled consumers in its Uber One subscription program without their consent and made it too difficult for them to cancel the service. Related Articles NCAA passes series of rules that sets table for schools to pay players…
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” Related Articles Sports world mourns soccer-loving Pope Francis with games in Italy and Argentina postponed Pope Francis reached out to migrants and the LGBTQ+ community, but also drew unusual opposition ‘Who…
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